Issa Rae Quotes

Black and awkward is the worst, because black people are stereotyped as being anything but awkward in mainstream media... Black people are always portrayed to be cool or overly dramatic, anything but awkward.

Issa Rae

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PeopleCoolBlackMediaWorstBeing

I'm not like Stephanie Mills or Whitney Houston with actual hits. My fans think everything I did was a hit.

Jennifer Holliday

ThinkEverythingHoustonFansLike

I work really hard not to have a kitsch tone to any of my work, particularly radio stuff, which sometimes goes in that direction on certain programs.

Meghan Daum

WorkDirectionSometimesHardRadio

I was born in 1957, so when I was a kid, there wasn't anything called a video game. When 'Pong' came out, it was awesome.

John Lasseter

GameBornKidAwesomeOutAnything

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Robert Graves

MoneyPoetryEitherThen

You don't want to be a one-trick pony. On a lot of Smiths songs, I used a pick or a plectrum, and for some of the slow songs, I used my thumbs and my fingers. That's why I love the bass - it's adaptable, and you can express yourself so well with it.

Andy Rourke

LoveYourselfSlowYouWantWhy

Numerous things that go on such as the way Houston interacts with my family; we're treated in a first-class way. They helped us when my wife lost our baby daughter in a miscarriage. They help with anything you ask of them because they are a very caring organization with positive attitudes about its players.

Johnathan Joseph

PositiveFamilyDaughterWifeCaring

Life, and the world, sometimes just kinda click, and things just happen. You're chasing it, but it finds you at the same time.

Mia Goth

LifeTimeWorldYouSometimesSame

A lot of coaches are very intense, which is good once you are working, but you don't want that all the time.

Ana Ivanovic

GoodTimeYouWantIntenseWorking

I'm an actress. It's my passion. It's - I've always lived for acting.

Sophia Loren

PassionActingAlwaysLivedActress

In this business, if you lose, you're gonna get fired. Now, if you win, you still may get fired. That's the hard part. You see guys having success and getting fired. That's really tough to watch.

Stan Van Gundy

SuccessBusinessWinToughYouLose

The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.

Lucy Larcom

CharacterMoneyCurseManhood

As much as I encourage communication with my readers, I don't want reviews from them, simply because I don't need to be hamstrung in the middle of working on something.

Christopher Moore

CommunicationWantNeedMiddle

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